Chapter 40: Case Closed
“This pressure is insane.”
She’d brought the old man in because the scent and atmosphere around him reminded her of the one clinging behind Esha—the End. She hadn’t expected this kind of reaction.
For the first time in a long while—no, maybe for the first time ever—an overwhelming aura filled the entire conference room, shaping an environment where Yoon Siwoo could only speak the truth.
‘Alright then... Would you kindly explain yourself?’
She was smiling, but it wasn’t a smile.
Yoon Siwoo, reading the weight behind that expression, began to slowly speak about what he knew.
“The place where I found him was the Outer Archive.”
“The Outer Archive, meaning...”
“Yes. The same location where the attack happened. I thought it was strange—he didn’t seem like someone who’d go down so easily...”
“He?”
“No, please continue, Siwoo.”
“Yes, ma’am.”